Baldwin: Stalled voting rights bill should renew talk of ending filibuster
Sen. Tammy Baldwin said Wednesday she believed Senate Democrats need to consider eliminating the filibuster after Republicans blocked a sweeping…
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Vos says extra unemployment pay contributing to crime increase
Wisconsin’s top Republican lawmaker said ending the additional $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits would also reduce…
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GOP lawmakers pass set of voting bills; Evers likely to veto them
Republicans in the Assembly passed a number of bills Tuesday placing new restrictions on how voters and clerks can obtain or process absentee…
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Educators rally against lack of new state funding for schools
School district leaders from across South Central Wisconsin gathered on the steps of the state Capitol Monday to decry lack of new general aid for…
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Capital City Sunday: Republicans pass $3.4B tax cut; Dems say cuts skewed away from working class
GOP members of the Joint Finance Committee cut taxes by $3.4 billion in its final votes on the upcoming two-year budget during the committee’s final…
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Dem. senator expects some Democrats to vote for state budget bill
One Democratic member of the powerful Joint Finance Committee said Friday he expected some Democrats to vote in favor of the state budget set by…
Continue Reading Budget Republicans pass $3.4 billion in tax cuts
The state had more than $5.3 billion to play with coming into Thursday’s votes following an unprecedented increase in projected tax collections and…
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Republicans pass bills on transgender sports, vaccine passports; Evers likely to veto
On largely party-line votes Wednesday, Assembly Republicans passed bills banning trans girls from playing on girls sports teams and banning…
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Assembly passes series of police reform bills
For the first time since protests last summer around the state Capitol, and across the state, a set of police reform bills now head to the desk of…
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WI lawmaker defends Arizona audit trip, blasts GOP critics
Rep. Dave Murphy (R-Greenville) questioned whether GOP critics of the audit in Maricopa County are really…
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